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PATENTED AUG. 15, 1905.

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MATGH-"BUXW Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1905.

Application filed March 8, 1905. derial No. 249,082.

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Be it known that I, NICHOLAS D. VASSILAROS, a citizen of the United States,residingat Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match Boxes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, forming part of the specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved match-safe closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the lid opened and illustrating the operation of delivering a single match. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view indicated. by the line 1H ill. of Fig. 1. Fig. at is a similar view showing the lid opened corresponding to Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a similar view on the line V V of Fig. 2.

My invention refers to improvements in match boxes or safes, and is designed to provide a receptacle or holder adapted to inclose any desired number of matches and to deliver them one at a time upon opening the lid.

liteferring to the drawings, 2 is the body portion of the box, which may be of any convenient form or size, either as a pocket-safe or of larger size for use upon a wall or elsewhere. At one side or edge is provided a lid 3, hinged at d and provided with a lip or catch 5, adapted to engage the edge 6 of one side, which may be suitably recessed or de pressed, if desired, so as to securely retain the lid in a closed position.

7 is a spring secured to the side opposite the hinge-joint and adjacent to one end, extending across the area of the box and adapted to press outwardly against the lid, as in Fig. 3, to throw it open when released. The spring 7 preferably extends through an aperture 8 in the lid, insuring constant engagement, and as thus located it will be seen that the spring will act as a barrier for the end of the match interfering with it, as shown in Fig. 2.

The inner edge of the hinged lid is provided with a rigidly-connected hook or linger 9, projecting backwardly into the box-cavity and through the back wall thereof for clearance and so arranged with reference to the contained matches and spring 7 as to allow but a single match to fall down into the range of its grasp.

flhis hook 9 is located adjacent to the spring 7 longitudinally of the box and in such position with relation to the spring that when the lid is pressed outwardly by the spring the end of the match will be caught by it, while the other end will be thrown out, as shown in Fig. 2, in a position to be easily grasped. To prevent the matches from falling out through the front opening, I provide a stop 10, extending down from the upper side, while the lid is also provided with a shoulder 11 to prevent it from opening too far. The lid is released by merely pressing down upon the upper side of the box, thus disengaging the lip 5. y

The spring 7 may be of any other form or location and a separate interfering device may be employed, if desired, to arrest the inner end of the match.

lit will be understood that the size or design of the b0x,as well as the details of its construction, may be changed or varied by the skilled mechanic; but all such changes are to be considered as within the scope of the following claims.

What I claim is* 1. A match-box provided with a pivoted lid constituting one edge wall of the box, said lid having a hook extension arranged to engage around a single match-stem between its ends and discharge it edgewise, with a spring device adapted to throw the lid outwardly when released, substantially as set forth.

2. A match-box provided with a spring-actuated lid having a hook adapted to engagea match and throw it outwardly from the interior, with an interfering device arranged to arrest one end of the match, substantially as set forth.

3. A match-box provided with a hinged lid and a securing device, a spring adapted to open the lid and to arrest the end of a match, and a device secured to the lid and extending into the box arranged to grasp a single match and to throw it outwardly upon releasing the lid' from engagement with the box, substan tially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NICHOLAS .D. VA SSILAROS.

Witnesses:

. G. M. CLARKE,

J AS. J. MoArnn. 

